Update on Covid-19 second doses

We will begin providing second doses of the Covid-19 vaccination to staff shortly, and wanted to update you on plans for the next few weeks.

Our planning has been dependent on receiving enough vaccination doses to begin the second round of vaccinations at both Poole and the Royal Bournemouth at the same time. This week we have learned that we are only able to request vaccination stocks in line with those ordered during the roll out of the first dose.

Regrettably, this means that our plans to offer a Poole clinic from next week have been pushed back a week, as we will not receive enough doses of the vaccine to offer a service from both sites. This reflects that the vaccination programme began slightly earlier at Royal Bournemouth than at Poole. From week commencing 22 March, clinics will be fully operational at both hospitals.

We apologise for the inconvenience this delay may cause to those already booked to attend the clinic at Poole next week. These staff have been contacted directly, and may either reschedule their appointment to take place in the same week at Royal Bournemouth, or make use of additional clinic capacity to complete their vaccination at Poole. Through these options, no staff member will wait longer than the recommended 12 weeks between each dose.

• If you have a second dose booked at Poole next week, and have not yet received a notification to rebook, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you are among the small number of staff yet to book their second vaccination dose, please do so without delay. Visit https://vaccination.uhd.nhs.uk.

Please remember that your vaccination is complete – and the maximum protection possible achieved – only after you have had the second dose.

NHS Staff Survey – encouraging performance

The NHS Staff Survey 2020 results are published today for our two legacy trusts, and given that this survey was carried out before we merged, the national results have been published for two separate organisations. However, a combined UHD report has been made available to us for our internal use that provides a clear baseline for our new organisation, and allows us to hear the voices of staff from across the whole trust.

Despite working through an organisational merger at the same time as providing services in the midst of the pandemic, 76% of those taking part in the survey would recommend our Trust as a place to work and 84% would recommend our Trust to friends and relatives as a place for treatment. Both of these combined figures represent an improvement on the previous year.

Overall, UHD has scored significantly better than our comparator group of other acute trusts in England in seven of the 10 themes.

I am also delighted that our staff engagement score remains positive at 7.31/10, especially as this score demonstrates how involved, engaged and motivated we feel about working in UHD.

Our results show our views through a year of unprecedented change and so our UHD report, combining all our results, will provide us with a strong foundation on which to focus on our ambitions and development agenda for UHD. The staff voices in the report will provide useful information for leaders to understand how their staff feel on key areas which matter to us in specialties and departments across all our hospital sites.

We will be working on more detailed analysis with our care groups and corporate directorates to ensure we respond to staff views. This will include development of targeted action plans where we need to make changes.

You may also remember that in this survey you were asked about your individual experiences of working through the pandemic and these anonymous free-text responses, expected to arrive soon, will help us to shape our wellbeing support during the recovery period.

Thank you again for sharing your candid views and experiences. Your responses are really important in helping us understand where we can make improvements as we build our new organisation.

You can read all the UHD results on the intranet.

REFRESH poster packs on their way

REFRESH ward and clinical area poster packs are on their way out across the trust. If you would like to order a set for your area, and you haven't received yours by the end of next week, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

BankSTAFF and HealthRoster downtime later this month – take action

As part of bringing together our staffing systems, we will be merging our separate HealthRoster, BankSTAFF and ESR (electronic staff record) systems.

To enable this, HealthRoster, including Safe Care, and BankSTAFF and Employee Online, will be unavailable from 17-26 March. We appreciate this is a significant period, and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please ensure that you print copies of rosters for this period as electronic versions will not be available.

Our temporary staffing offices will be operating as usual.

Temporary staffing will hold limited daily visibility of live roster data and will be available to support you with your daily staffing needs.

In order for us to support you, we ask for you to provide clear communication of any staffing requirements / changes in a timely manner.

If you have any queries, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for RBCH, and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for Poole.

Lateral flow tests – remember to upload your results!

Every time you self test for Covid at home using your lateral flow kit, you need to upload your results to our secure web portal – mytest.uhd.nhs.uk. The portal is accessible on your phone and is quick and easy to use.

While cases of Covid are decreasing, and fewer staff are testing positive on the lateral flow kits, we must continue to self test – it is really helping to prevent the spread of the virus and we have a responsibility to report these results to NHS England.

Don't forget, if you test positive on your home device, or if you have any symptoms, you need to self-isolate immediately and get a follow-up PCR test with our swabbing team: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Find out more about self testing, including a video on how to do it, on our Covid intranet pages.

Hold the front page! Our new publication needs your help

We're working hard to bring you your new publication, aimed at staff, foundation trust members, volunteers, supporters, our patients, partners and the public. The magazine will be issued three times a year, starting later this spring.

✔ News and information

✔ Views and insight

✔ Staff news

✔ Members news, events and governor updates

✔ Fundraising highlights

✔ Features and analysis

✖ New name

One thing missing is a new name, and we'd like your ideas. Your suggestion might be inspired by our diverse people and teams, our joining together as one trust, our east Dorset coastal location, our values…whatever it's inspired by, please send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 27 March together with your reason for putting it forward. We'll put it to a sounding board and the most popular name will be the winner.

UHD workplace app

We have launched a new app portal for UHD to bring together useful information and resources at your fingertips, wherever you are, from your mobile phone

The @UHD app is available to download free to your smartphone and includes quick links to our latest news, ESR, e-Roster, wellbeing support, our networks and much more. It also gives you access to your work emails.

To download the app, please go to http://www.uhd.nhs.uk/news/workplace-app on your phone.

Your March edition of The Brief is out now!

Included in this edition:

• introducing your new UHD workplace App!
• an update on our hospitals from Debbie Fleming
• thank you to our service personnel
• Covid-19 update, including our REFRESH campaign and the roadmap out of lockdown
• new values-based appraisals coming soon
• and much more!

Click here to read.

End of life care listening events

Our palliative care team would like to hear from staff who were affected by issues related to end of life care during the pandemic.

The team will come to your area to hear and reflect on your stories, and to learn together in a supportive environment.

If you are interested, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 6021, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 8102. You can also send your feedback via email.

RBH: Car parking changes reminder

Thank you for bearing with us as we settle in the new car parking arrangements. These are essential for the building works. We have worked very hard to find alternatives and welcome further feedback and suggestions as we monitor the changes.

The travel team can help with sustainable travel alternatives, which could help reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and individual health. Further details available from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Key changes to car parking at RBH include:

• 'H' permit holders who have been issued a Littledown parking permit may now park in the demarcated areas for UHD staff at Littledown. As a reminder, Littledown is open between 6am-10pm on weekdays and 8am-6pm on Saturdays. Littledown have agreed a grace period of 15 minutes at closing time to allow staff to return to the site and collect their cars. There is currently no provision for parking at Littledown on Sundays. Therefore H permit holders can park at RBH at weekends and overnight.
• Car park H has closed. Staff will have to make use of other spaces on site, or request a Littledown parking permit from the travel team to park there instead. Please note that these permits are exclusively for 'H' permit holders at this time. We will review levels of usage in the coming weeks.
• Car park B is for use by blue badge holders only.
• Car park A has closed.
• Staff who don't have UHD issued permits, but have taken up the Covid-only period BCP issued permits can still park in Littledown, in the general spaces. We do not know yet when this scheme will end. However the Littledown will be re-opening shortly as a Leisure Centre.
• The occasional car park near the Eye Unit has been closed for staff and the remaining spaces allocated to patients and visitors. If you previously parked here, please make use of the multi storey car park (MSCP) or alternative staff spaces on site.
• New arrangements for occasional car park users will be identified over the next three months. Staff are expected to keep complying with the maximum 12 uses per calendar month limit in place for these permit types.
• The drop-off location near to the main entrance will remain available for drop offs until about September (when the main entrance closes due to the building works). Alternative drop off locations will be made available avoiding the main entrance.
• Consultants working 'on call' whom require urgent access to the back of the Hospital during out of hours / weekends can request a permit from the travel team to make use of designated parking spaces outside the education centre. These are strictly for use between 6.30pm-8am during weekdays, or any time at weekends and a permit must be shown.
• For electric car users the Trust has installed two 13amp sockets in at the back of the multi storey car park ground floor. Staff with electric cars who find themselves short of power may make use of these for a maximum of four hours at any time. Staff may also make use of the adjacent 'electric buggy' charging bays, but these must be vacated by 4.30pm. People who need routine charging can find EV charging points in the local vicinity at this link: https://www.zap-map.com/live/
• Cycling facilities will be improved as a result of the new builds. At RBH the cycle sheds near the main entrance will be moved and over time the number of secure cycle spaces, and changing facilities are set to be increased.

We apologise for the disruption and inconvenience during these construction works. If you have any questions or issues relating to car parking at RBH, please email the travel team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

POOLE: Underpass/delivery area works

Works will be starting to improve the underpass/delivery area starting this weekend (13 March) and continuing in the weekday evenings for a period of 2-3 weeks. Whilst every effort will be taken to keep disruption to a minimum, some deliveries could be affected that occur outside of normal delivery hours. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and ask that departments receiving regular deliveries advise drivers that access could be affected during these times.

'Thank you' from Krzysztof's family

The family of Krzysztof Gogolewski has asked us to pass on their thanks to staff for the support shown earlier this week. Hundreds of colleagues, friends and members of the public gathered along Longfleet Road to remember Krzysztof as the funeral cortege paused outside Poole Hospital on Monday.

UHD shortlisted in HSJ Virtual Awards 2020 – watch the ceremony online

The HSJ Virtual Awards 2020 is taking place on Wednesday 17 March. This year UHD has been shortlisted for the freedom to speak up (FTSU) organisation of the year.

This year's 40th anniversary event is to celebrate the NHS and all that it has done during this incredibly difficult past year and for the first time, all NHS staff are able to watch the event online – click here for more details.

Update to incident reporting (Datix/lerns)

From 1 April:

Submission of incidents:

• There will be a single Datix system for reporting all UHD incidents
• There will be no change to the process of submitting incidents
• Access will be available via the Datix links on the Poole and RBCH intranet

Review of incidents:

• There will limited access to RBH Datix for a short period of time to allow for review and closure of outstanding incidents submitted prior to 1 April

Contact the quality and risk team if you have any queries or for assistance on ext. 4014 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Reminder: Reprinting letters from eCaMIS

If you need to reprint a verified letter, this should be done in EPR rather than in eCaMIS. If printed from eCaMIS, when the letter feeds across to EPR, it moves the location to the date it was reprinted, rather than the date it was originally typed.

If you require any help with reprinting letters in EPR please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Job of the week

We are looking for a band 6 midwife for community/birth team/homebirths.

You will provide comprehensive midwifery care that is woman-focused and evidence based in the unit or primary care setting within a team/caseload model of care. You will also recognise the responsibility and accountability of practice and develop the skills appropriate to support autonomous practice.

Click here to view the full job description and to apply.

To view and apply for all our internal and external vacancies click here.

Discounted Morebus tickets

Morebus is offering discounted tickets for UHD staff.

To obtain the discount, you will need to download the 'Clickit2Ride' app, which is available from all major app stores. You must use your UHD email address when creating an account in order to receive discounted fares.

You will need to select the bus company, which will be Morebus. From here you'll need to select your ticket zone, followed by your ticket (i.e. 7-day, 30-day). The discount is available on all tickets above seven days.

After selecting your ticket, your basket will show. It will ask for a promo code, which is 'DHT21YEAR'. You should now see the discount added, and can proceed with purchasing your ticket which will be stored in the wallet of the app. You can then scan your phone under the ticket machine when boarding the bus to travel.

If you have any issues with the app or retrieving your discount, please contact Morebus.

Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships

Do you want to train to become a registered nurse? Applications are open until 23 March for anyone interested in applying for the nursing apprenticeship within Dorset.

All applications must be made through Join our Dorset. Visit the intranet page to see more.

For information regarding the Poole site contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and for RBCH This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Project Management Lite training

Our Dorset Project Management Lite (PM Lite) is an introductory training course that has been designed and is delivered by experts from across 'Our Dorset'. The course is fully funded and is open to both Clinical and non-Clinical staff across 'Our Dorset'. The course focuses upon providing the relevant tools and knowledge to help those delivering projects, transformation or COVID reset, recovery or task and finish groups within health and social care.

A further three cohorts are planned this year and still have places left to book email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Have you had your flu jab elsewhere?

If you have had your flu jab outside of the trust, eg at your GP or pharmacy, please contact occupational health to let them know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Vigilance against fraud

With lockdown, fraudsters have been looking to take advantage of different situations.

One of the main scams that has been taking place is Covid-19 vaccine scams.

Click here to read more on what to look out for. Staff are reminded to stay vigilant and report anything they suspect may be a scam.

Survey on mental health

To help the work of our staff networks and the organisation in having access to additional information to mental health in our workforce, The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health has set up this survey for staff to complete.

Care first webinars

Care first, our employee assistance programme, is putting on webinars this week and next. The themes are:

• Friday 12 March, 12-12.30pm – Keeping connected and maintaining relationships
• Monday 15 March, 12-12.30pm – How can Care first support you
• Tuesday 16 March, 12-12.30pm – Tips for nutrition and hydration
• Wednesday 17 March, 12-12.30pm – How Care first has supported through a year of Covid-19
• Thursday 18 March, 12-12.30pm – Lifting of lockdown anxiety
• Friday 19 March, 12-12.30pm – Sleep anxiety for World Sleep Day

Roadworks

Click here for a list of the current roadworks taking place.